Man tried to outrun Florida law enforcement on riding lawnmower, deputies say

A Florida male who effectively avoided law enforcement before this yr by reportedly jumping off a boat into a swamp was unsuccessful in his most recent venture immediately after he attempted to outrun deputies on a using lawnmower.

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office environment – situated in the Florida Panhandle, near Destin – claimed in a news launch shared on its Fb web site that its deputies tried to serve 40-12 months-previous Dusty Mobley with warrants in January 2022 similar to an investigation into an alleged stolen boat. Even so, when deputies approached him, he reportedly “dove off the facet and disappeared into the swamp to prevent heading to jail.”

Five months later on, deputies showed up on Saturday morning to a property and tried to arrest Mobley yet again. This time, he was reportedly on a John Deere driving lawnmower and place it into “large equipment and tried to outrun pursuing deputies,” the sheriff’s office environment claimed.

Deputies utilized a Taser on him, and he was inevitably taken into custody, in accordance to the launch. He was booked into the Okaloosa County Jail on many prices, including grand theft, grand theft of a automobile, felony prison mischief, resisting an officer, possession of a hid weapon, carrying a concealed handcuff key, and possession of drug paraphernalia, between other folks.

Mobley is accused of utilizing large machinery to reduce a gap into a creating on Jan. 1, 2022, and steal a $40,000 boat from a nearby enterprise before this calendar year.

He is remaining held in jail on no bond.